Inquisitor

I reckon we’ve had the tough one for this quintet, so this puzzle from Shark should be easy or moderate – but there are no guarantees.   “A thematic reference appears in 8 … Read more >>

This was the first offering from Pointer, and a very nice puzzle it was too. The preamble was pretty complex: The completed grid relates to a scene of a drama first produced on … Read more >>

Preamble: Clashes in 12 cells must be replaced by a number from 1 to 12, different in each case. Corrections to misprints in 13 clues whose answers are entered normally describe the rule … Read more >>

Kruger is a prolific Inquisitor setter.  The index on this site tells me that he/she already has twenty under his/her belt.       The preamble stated "Each clue contains either wordplay yielding … Read more >>

Wordplay in 13 clues leads to the answer minus one letter (unchecked). Wordplay for the others leads to the entry plus one letter – these give part of a quotation. The full quotation … Read more >>

Preamble: Nine (3 groups of three) answers are partly thematic. These are each clued with a single letter definition misprint which, when corrected, reveal a location for a possible sighting. Redundant single letters … Read more >>

I was expecting an easy one after the succession of high Moh (hardness scale) Inquisitors lately. No such luck! A long rubric: Clockwise round the perimeter run a slogan (3 words) and an associated … Read more >>

Ferret is a fairly regular setter in the Inquisitor series these days.       The puzzle had a preamble that stated "Some cells contain more than one letter, making four objects appear … Read more >>

He’s back – Schadenfreude never stays away very long, 7½ weeks on average. One clue per column (except the edges) has a misprinted definition, and corrections are to be entered in the top … Read more >>

Preamble: Crossing answers make 18 down appear a non-word – it must be replaced by the acronym given by the longer down answers (five words in total), while retaining real words in the … Read more >>

A glance at the grid, and I expected an alphabetical jigsaw, but the rubric told us otherwise: Clues are presented in normal order, across followed by down, but six entries forming most of … Read more >>

There was a frisson of trepidation when I saw that the setter for this Inquisitor puzzle was Nimrod, editor of the Inquisitor series and man of many pseudonyms in different national dailies.   … Read more >>

Second time out here for Xanthippe (though many more Listener puzzles). Four answers too long (& making one fit results in a blank cell); five others too short & so initially padded with … Read more >>

Preamble: Five clues contain an extra word. The extra words must be interpreted to give instructions to make numerous adjustments to the completed grid. Solvers must then find a path from left to … Read more >>

I found this a bit of a struggle! Nice theme, but well hidden and dependent on knowledge that I, for one, could only come by via a Wikipedia article. The last time we … Read more >>